<chapter id="shortcuts"> <title >Tips & Tricks for Your Daily Work </title> <epigraph> <attribution >Fortune Cookies</attribution> <para >Everyone can make an omelette with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.</para> </epigraph> <para >Nearly everyone can use &kde;; this is why the developers made it. There are no cryptic switches with which to cope, and few configuration files you need edit in <acronym >ASCII</acronym > style. However, there are some ways you can do your work more elegantly, saving you time for the truly important things, like &ksirtet;.</para> <sect1 id="shortcut-table"> <title >Shortcut Table </title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<keycap >Tab</keycap > </keycombo > or <keycombo >&Alt;&Shift;<keycap >Tab</keycap ></keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Cycle through the windows </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Ctrl;<keycap >Tab</keycap ></keycombo > or <keycombo >&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap >Tab</keycap > </keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Cycle through your desktops </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<keycap >F2</keycap > </keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Mini Command line</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<keycap >F3</keycap ></keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Window Menu </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<keycap >F4</keycap > </keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Close the current window </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Ctrl;<keycap >F{1..8}</keycap ></keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Switch to a specific desktop </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap >Esc</keycap > </keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Window destroyer (every window you click on will be destroyed). Press this key combination again to cancel the killer cursor. </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap >Backspace</keycap > </keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >This exits &kde; (without saving!) Use this as a last resort </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap >Numpad +</keycap ></keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Cycles to the next screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work. </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Ctrl;&Alt;<keycap >Numpad -</keycap > </keycombo ></term> <listitem ><para >Cycles to the previous screen resolution. You need to configure this in your &X-Server; configuration for it to work.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 id="mouse-techniques"> <title >Mouse Techniques </title> <para >Note these are defaults only, and you can customise them to your liking.</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term >Clicking on the border or the titlebar</term> <listitem> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><mousebutton >Left</mousebutton ></term> <listitem ><para >Activates and raises the window.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><mousebutton >Middle</mousebutton ></term> <listitem ><para >Lowers the window</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><mousebutton >Right</mousebutton ></term> <listitem ><para >Shows the <guimenu >Window menu</guimenu > if the window is active, otherwise activates the window.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Doubleclick on the window title</term> <listitem ><para >Shades the window (<quote >rolls it up</quote > so only the titlebar is visible).</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Drag on the titlebar</term> <listitem ><para >Moves the window around.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Drag on corners or edges</term> <listitem ><para >Resizes the window.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<mousebutton >Left</mousebutton ></keycombo > Button</term> <listitem ><para >Moves the window around.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<mousebutton >Middle</mousebutton > </keycombo > Button</term> <listitem ><para >Raises the window.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><keycombo >&Alt;<mousebutton >Right</mousebutton > </keycombo > Button</term> <listitem ><para >Resizes the window in the direction you drag the mouse.</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Click on the Icon on the top left</term> <listitem ><para >Close the application</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Click on the Sticky Button</term> <listitem ><para >toggles sticky </para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term >Clicking on Maximise</term> <listitem> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term ><mousebutton >Left</mousebutton ></term> <listitem ><para >Maximises the window</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><mousebutton >Middle</mousebutton ></term> <listitem ><para >Maximises only vertically</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term ><mousebutton >Right</mousebutton ></term> <listitem ><para >Maximises horizontally</para ></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect1> </chapter> <!-- Local Variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:nil sgml-shorttag:t sgml-namecase-general:t sgml-general-insert-case:lower sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:0 sgml-indent-data:nil sgml-parent-document:("index.docbook" "book" "chapter") End: -->